Vice Lords

VICE LORDS

The Vice Lords was founded in 1958 by Edward Pepilow Perry and several other incarcerated African American youths at the State Training School for Boys in St. Charles, Illinois. In 1960, paroled members then organized the violent gang in the mean streets of North Lawndale Chicago and began committing crimes such as petty theft and robbery. As the gang multiplied in numbers so did the severity of its crimes. The ruthless gang eventually branched out into factions and made numerous rivals. Most of the gang’s older members claim to be followers of the Moorish-American Muslim religion.

VICE LORDS CHAIN OF COMMAND
The violent Vice Lords gang is highly organized and operates under a paramilitary chain of command. The highest ranking ministers are referred to as the “Five Star Universal League”, the gangs generals are known as the “Three Star League”. The “Leagues are authorized to order the gangs foot soldiers.

VICE LORDS CHRONOLOGIES OF EVENTS
In 1958, the Vice Lords is founded by Edward Pepilow Perry and several other incarcerated African American youths at the Illinois State Training School for Boys in St. Charles. (Gang Intelligence 101)

In 1960, paroled members of the Vice Lords organize in the mean streets of North Lawndale Chicago and began committing crimes such as petty theft and robbery. (Gang Intelligence 101)

On September 24, 1986, Vice Lords members Lawrance Jackson and Bobby Driskel invade the home of Vernita Winder and brutally murder the family of four in Chicago, Illinois. (People v. Jackson, 182 Ill.2d 30, 695 N.E.2d 391 (Ill., 1998)